ROGERS, Ark. —
The rock band Goo Goo Dolls is releasing a new album later this month and coming to Northwest Arkansas in September.
But frontman John Rzeznik wishes they were doing so under a different name.
"It's kind of a stupid name," he told 40/29's Yuna Lee.
The Goo Goo Dolls were formed in Buffalo, New York in 1986 by Rzeznik, Robby Takac and George Tutuska.
"We had a gig and so we had to come up with some kind of a name just to play the show," Rzeznik said.
"I don't know where that came from," he continued, "And we just never changed it, which I wish we had."
Goo Goo Dolls was also the name of the band's first album, released in 1987. The group has sold 15 million records since.
"It just sort of, it doesn't mean anything anymore," Rzeznik said. "It just kind of stuck."
The band is scheduled to play at the Walmart AMP in Rogers on Sept. 18, 2022. The stop is part of their Summer Tour 2002 with Blue October.
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